Kasai

Kasai was the #639 boys' name in the US in 2025 (437 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales.

Kasai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Kasai as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Kasai as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#639 (437)#2,269 (10)
2024#1,735 (95)#3,255 (6)
2023#2,221 (64)—
2022#2,438 (57)#4,790 (3)
2021#2,775 (45)—
2020#2,467 (52)#4,608 (3)
2019#2,062 (70)—
2018#3,446 (32)—
2017#3,993 (26)—
2016#4,943 (19)—
2015#5,746 (15)—
2014#7,562 (10)—
2013#8,789 (8)—
2012#7,050 (11)—
2011#8,767 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #639.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kasai is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kasai by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #375MINew York: #463NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #304PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: #114DEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #431NCSouth Carolina: #385SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #414GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #828TXFlorida: #515FL
Kasai (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500